Fairlie Harmar Explained

Fairlie Harmar
Birth Date: 1876
Birth Place:Weymouth, England
Education:Slade School of Fine Art
Field:Painting
Spouse:Ernest Pomeroy

Fairlie Harmar, Viscountess Harberton (1876–1945) was an English painter. She was born in Weymouth, Dorset, and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art.[1] Lady Harberton was married to Ernest Pomeroy, 7th Viscount Harberton.

As a Viscountess, she attended the 1937 Coronation, she smuggled in drawing paper to make sketches for a painting that was later in the Royal Collection.[2]

Whilst reviewing Lady Harberton's work in 1918, Ezra Pound thought she was a man, writing "Mr. F. Harmer [sic] has put good work into it".[3]

Notes and References

  1. Jon Whiteley, Colin Harrison, Catherine Whistler, Colin Harrison, Catherine Casley (Editors). The Ashmolean Museum Complete Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings. Ashmolean Museum. July 2006.
    p. 271
  2. Web site: Truksa . Joshua . Robe worn to King George VI Coronation on display . Salisbury Journal . 9 May 2023 . 31 July 2023.
  3. Web site: Robert. Scholes. Fairlie Harmar (1876 - 1945). Modernist Journals Project. 29 January 2018.